Kinesiology, Vol. 46. No. 2., 2014.
Original scientific paper
Determinants of attack players in high-level men’s volleyball
Rui Marcelino
orcid.org/0000-0001-8717-3243
; CreativeLab, Research Center in Sport Sciences, Health and Human Development, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
José Afonso
; Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
José Cicero Moraes
; School of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Isabel Mesquita
; Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
Abstract
This study aims at analysing probabilistic relationships predicting the outcomes relating to attack players in elite-level men’s volleyball. Nineteen matches from the 2006 Men’s World Championships were
notated and the tactical indicators regarded the space-, task-, player- and efficacy-related dimensions of selected game actions (reception, set and attack) played in side-out. A multinomial logistic regression was
applied, with the level of significance determined at .05. Results showed that the most relevant cues for predicting the selected attack player were related with aspects of setting (setting zone, setter position, setter type), positioning of the middle player and reception player. Overall, the selection of the attack player is highly predictable and can be anticipated through analysing a number of visual cues previous to the attack. Knowing such patterns will enhance the rate of success of the defending teams, while the attacking teams should try to create strategies of using each set of game constraints in different manners, thus diminishing the possibilities of the opponents to anticipate their actions.
Keywords
performance analysis; predictive models; game patterns
Hrčak ID:
131926
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2014.
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